Chest having removable liner and trays



March 6, 1928. I 1,661,185

R. A. LINDSEY CHEST HAVING REMOVABLE LINER AND TRAYS Filed July 26 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 6, 192a 1,661,185

R. A. LINDSEY Y CHEST HAVING REMOVABLE LINER AND TRAYS Filed Jug! 2626 2 Sheets-Shea 2 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNITED "STATES RALPH A. LINDSEY, or mmvnarotrs, MINNESOTA.

cnn s'r HAVING REMOVABLE LINER Ann TRAYS,

Application filed 'July .26,

V invention has for its object: toproviile I a sanitary, substantial and ornamental chest with a removable linerin which is supported a plurality of removable trays, especially v adapted for holding candy in which: it may be kept in a sanitary method in the home without piling the candy two or three deep and thus injuring. the appearance and shape of the ditlierentflpieces. Said chest is also well adapted for holding other confections and is well adapted for holding manicure or other articles. "I D To the above end, generally stated, the. invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsdwhich illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the chest with its cover and one of the doors open and and the trays removed; I

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the liner removed from the chest;

h Fig. 3 isa transverse vertical section showing the complete chest on anenlarged scale with the cover and doors closed and the trays in position; j

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and I Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detailview in section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The chest 6, as. shown, is constructed of wood and has an open to normally closed by a cover 7 having a epending endless capping flange 8 which rests directly on the.

upper edgeiof said chest'a'nd has its rear.

member hinged at 9 to the back of said chest.

Said chest 6 also has a door opening 10 below its top and above the bottom thereof and which opening extends the fullwidth of said chest. This door opening 10 is normally closed by a pair of horizontally swinging doors 11 hinged at 12 to the ends of the chest 6. In actual construction of the chest 6, the

same will be provided with a lock for the cover 7 and doors 11. i

Within the chest 6, is a removable liner 13 formed from a single sheet of metal, prefer ably aluminum, and having an open top and bottom. This liner 13 snugly fits the interior of the chest 6, rests on the bottom thereof and its upper edge ortion extends above the upper edge of sai chest and is-capped by the cover flange 8; r The projecting upper 1926.1 Serial in. 424,901.

edge portion of the "liner 13 not onlyacts as;-

a guide for the. cover 7, when closin same, but it also affords a guard for old- 111g said cover in place after it is closed. With the projecting upper edge portion of the the liner13 capped by the cover than c 8,a;

tight joint is formed between the ci est 6 and its cover 7 and the outer faces of the cover flange 8 are kept in perfect alignment with the outer faces of the chest 6.

Within the liner 13,.is a top tray 14, a lower tray .15" and an intermediate tray 16 reinovably supported on inwardly projecting horizontal flanges 17 18 and 19, res ectively.

Said flanges 17,18 and 19, toget er with a flange 20, are cut and pressedfrom all four sides of the liner '13. Informing the flanges 17 to 20, inclusive, the liner 13 islongitudinally cut in two vertically spaced places on all four sides and it is also vertically cut at the ends of said longitudinal cuts, both above and below the same, and the stock ressed in- Ward intohorizontal positions. he flanges and 18 are formed from the stock pressed inward at the upper lon itudinal cut and the flanges 19 and 20 are formed by thestock pressed inward at the lower longitudinal cut.

The openings in the liner 13, formed by cutting. the flanges 17 to 20, inclusive, therefrom,

extend nearly the full width of the sides of the liner 13 but with sufficient stock at the corners of said liner to insure rigidit The abutting ends of the flanges .0 eachgroup17 to 20, inclusive, are mitered and in.

endless arrangement.- .The openings in the front of the liner 13, formed .by cutting and pressing the respective flanges -17 and 19 and 20therefrom, arecoincident with'the door opening. 10. The upper tray 14 is mounted on the flanges 17 for removal through the the ends of the liner 13. These lugs'21 extend obliquely across the flanges 18 and 19.

with opposite pairs of lugs in diverging re- .lation so as to center and guide the trays 15 and 16 into the liner 13. The flange 20 simply acts as areinforcin flan e for the liner 1.3 which, togetherwit the anges 17 18 and '19, gives the liner 13 the required rigidity. The face of the liner 13 affords a stop surface for the doors 11 to limit their closing movements. I

Rings '22 are attached to the front of the trays and 16 tovaitford convenient means by'Which they may be held when sliding the same into and out of the liner18. The inner faces of the doors 11 are cut away at 23 to afford clearance for the rings 22, when said doors are closed. I Finger holes 2 are punched in the ends of the liner 13 near the top thereof" to afford means, by Which said N liner may be'grasped, when lifting the same jfrom'the chest 6. The tray 1e is notched at 20'to alford clearanceforthe finger holes 2%.

The trays 14, 15 and 16, when removed from the liner 13, and said liner, when removed from the chest 6, may be plunged into boiling Water to cleanse and keep the samein a sanitary condition. The chest 6, when" manufactured; will be painted, and ,deeoratedin an artistic mannen The liner 13 and trays 14:, 15- and 16 may also he painted.

'lVhat I claim is: I

A sheet metal rectilinear chest liner having drawer openings in its sides. traysupporting flanges at the tops of said openings and draWer-supporting flanges-at the bottoms thereof; said'flai'iges being out and pressed from the liner, a tray removably supported in the liner on the tray-supporting flanges, and a drawer movable into and out thereof, said flanges being cut and pressed from said liner, a tray removably supported I in the lineron the tray-supporting flanges,

and a drawer'inovablefinto and not of the" linerthrough one ofsaid openings and'slidablr' supported on said ,(lr'zm'er supporting flanges. a i 3. The structure defined inclaiin 1 infur-v ther' combination Withfnpstanding drawer guides cut and pressed from the drawers supporting flanges.

4. A sheet metal rectilinear i chest lineim i having drawer openings in its foursides, tray-supporting flanges: 1n endless'arrange- 1119,11 5 at the tops of "said openings and drawer-supporting flanges in endless alirangement at the bottoms thereof said flanges being cut and pressed from said liner,

a tra removabl so 3 aorted 1n the hner on J I l e v the tray-supporting flanges, and axdra'wer movable into out of the liner through one i of said openings and slidably supperted on said drawer-supportingflanges.

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